Posted by
Juwar74 on Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:19:25 AM
The Far Right is fuming. The Far Left is whining. And each one is trying to see how much air time they can get. And the media has no problem in stirring the pot.
After only eight months into the Obama presidency, the Far Left expected miracles. They expected all the problems of the nation to be corrected in National Fix 2.0, in high definition and surround sound. These expectations of quick fixes is becoming a national character flaw that will ultimately destroy the fabric of this country. If it ain't fixed fast and furious, then the effort essentially is futile. We're a country on ADHD, only we can't afford the ritalin. I blame American parents. They have spoiled their kids rotten, set minimum boundaries, and have made excuses for their child not cleaning out the garage or cutting the grass on Saturdays. After about three decades of that, now we have an electorate that has grown to become anxious and unreasonable. Find me an American Leftist with endurance, and I'll find you a turtle who could win the 100 meter sprint.
And the Far Right isn't any better. In fact, they are worst. Nothing is scarier than a whole group of people who are so delusional that the only way for them to get appropriate mental healthcare is to give them a lobotomy. They believe everything about the president and the Democratic Congress that is being said on FOX News and other conservative outlets. Even when you present them with facts to the contrary, their only response is to wave their hand in your face like a brat and call you a stinking liberal and a troll for the Mainstream Media. They get headaches when scholarly words are used. It confuses them and makes them turn red in the face. They believe that those Harvard words are used for the sole purpose of making them feel stupid for not doing that homework, or reading that book that should have read when they were in high school. They go to townhalls to ask questions that have already been answered. Only they don't like the answer, so instead of talking about the facts, they reduce the conversation to folksy insults and Franklin-esque faux wisdoms that only other idiots could appreciate. When they stand up and cheer, they make sure the television cameras are getting their good side.
And the media is just lapping it up. They create phoney controversies by pressing ridiculous issues in order to create their own narratives to keep the other sides bitching. When you call them on it, they do the classic "We're just reporting what everyone is talking about," when I know very well no one is talking about that @#&*! I just rolled my eyes, turn them off and go read stories without the opinions. That's the news today. They can't just give you the facts witout some blowhard anchor throwing in their crummy opinions and skewed questions. Except C-Span. They are legit. And FactCheck.org. They always give you the facts with the numbers to back them up. You can't argue with numbers.
The country is going through growing pains as we move further into the 21st century. The Right wants to live in the 20th and the Left want to live in Utopia. I'm glad I have my head on straight. I support Obama. He's practical. Pragmatic. He sees life as it is despite what ideologies are out there. He knows, like all politicians Democratic and Republican, that Americans are fickle. They'll soon shut up when daddy finally feeds them the milk bottle. The Left will be happy because they can now sit still on the couch. The Right will be mad because they were proven wrong. The media will sit in a corner and think of a scheme to destroy people's faith in order to create more news. And the world just keeps on spinning.